Tony G. Babb
Cross-Cutting Cardiology
Texas Health Dallas
About
Tony G. Babb works in Cross-Cutting Cardiology affiliated with Texas Health Dallas.
Tony G. Babb, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He serves as Director of the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. His research examines respiratory exercise physiology, including effects of obesity on breathing, dyspnea on exertion, and cardiopulmonary responses in health and disease.
Research focus
Dyspnea on exertion in obesityRespiratory mechanics during exerciseCardiopulmonary exercise testingVentilatory limitations in COPD and heart failurePulmonary function in aging and obesity
Impact
250 pubs · 3,928 cites · h-index 33
Training
Ph.D., Exercise Physiology
Pennsylvania State University
1986
M.S., Exercise Physiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Biology
Western Kentucky University
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1992 - Present
Director, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit
Mayo Clinic